Pearse Doherty TD

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Pearse Doherty is the Finance Spokesperson
for Sinn Féin and TD for the Constituency of Donegal South West. A founding
member of Ógra Shinn Féin, serving on its National Executive between 1998 and
2001, he is currently a member of the Ard Comhairle of the party.

Pearse Doherty is the Finance Spokesperson
for Sinn Féin and TD for the Constituency of Donegal South West. A founding
member of Ógra Shinn Féin, serving on its National Executive between 1998 and
2001, he is currently a member of the Ard Comhairle of the party.

Pearse served as the party’s first Senator,
elected onto the Agricultural Panel in 2007 before being elected as a TD in the
2010 Donegal South West by-election, held following a successful High Court
case which he took against the Government. He topped the poll in the general
election which followed.

Keen to address the problems facing
ordinary people, Pearse completed a report “Awakening the West” during his time
as a Senator, which focused on the marginalisation of western counties and
proposals for the development of the region. As Finance spokesperson, he is responsible for the
preparation of the party’s annual alternative budget submission, which aims to
promote a fairer and progressive economy.

Pearse is currently a director of Donegal Charity Shop,
Chairperson of the Phádraig Mhícheáil Airt Committee, a member of the GAA and
involved with the local scouts group. Pearse lives in the Gaeltacht area of
Gweedore with his wife Roisín and his four young sons. A member of Guth na
Gaeltachta and fluent Irish speaker, Pearse is a keen advocate of the Irish
Language and the development of the Gaeltacht regions.

Name: Pearse Doherty

Constituency: Donegal South West

Portfolio: finance

Oireachtas/Stormont/EU Commitees: Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure